Bounce Ko Gals

Bounce Ko Gals
Theatrical release poster
Kanjiバウンス ko GALS
Revised HepburnBaunsu ko gaurusu
Directed byMasato Harada
Written byMasato Harada
Produced byMasakatsu Suzuki
Starring
CinematographyYoshitaka Sakamoto
Edited byHirohide Abe
Music byMasahiro Kawasaki
Production
companies
Distributed byShochiku-Fuji Company
Release date
  • October 18, 1997 (1997-10-18) (Japan)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Bounce Ko Gals (Japanese: バウンス ko GALS, Hepburn: Baunsu ko gaurusu) is a 1997 Japanese crime drama film written and directed by Masato Harada.[1][2] Its alternative English-language titles are Call Girls and Leaving.

Filmed in somewhat of a documentary style,[3] it follows the course of three girls for a day and a night in the popular district of Shibuya in Tokyo.

The main characters are: Jonko (Hitomi Satô), who runs a group of high-school girls involved in paid dating (in Japanese Enjo Kôsai 援助交際), Raku (Yasue Sato) who is a high-schooler and also a street dancer; and Lisa ( Yukiko Okamoto) who is a student, who worked for a year, saving enough money and a plane ticket, to go study in New York.

Cast

Awards and nominations

40th Blue Ribbon Awards[4]

22nd Hochi Film Award[5]

References

  1. ^ バウンス Ko GALS [Bounce Ko Gals] (in Japanese). Movie Walker Press. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  2. ^ バウンス Ko GALS [Bounce Ko Gals] (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  3. ^ "Letterboxd". Letterboxd.
  4. ^ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  5. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2010.


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